I was curious to know what the other WISPs do when installs are
scheduled and the weather is bad. The problems I see are safety, not
seeing the tower, bitter cold and it's just very uncomfortable to work
in.
Today we have a good foot of snow with ice covering everything - looks
like bubblewrap
Same here in Indiana. Called the clients to reschedule. Everyone but
installers come to office and get caught up on paper work, training, or
organizing service area.
Steve Barnes
RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
Just like the cable and phone company we will contact customer and reschedule
installs if it's deemed unsafe to do an install especially if we know we need
to go up on a roof. But if we can do install without doing that we do business
as usual.
/Eje
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We installed yesterday and it was -13F at the office when everyone
showed up at 8:00AM. Got 6 installs done. :)
Travis
Microserv
Steve Barnes wrote:
Same here in Indiana. Called the clients to reschedule. Everyone but
installers come to office and get caught up on paper work, training, or
Was it simply cold or was there ice, snow, hazy out, etc?
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Travis Johnson
We had received 5" of snow the day before. There was no wind, but it
was hazy and cloudy.
Travis
Josh Luthman wrote:
Was it simply cold or was there ice, snow, hazy out, etc?
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't
Hazy and cold are not reasons to stay home. Ice and snow can be. If it is
bad enough that you are going to spend hours longer traveling or at jobs
because you have to fight the snow and ice then maybe you should reschedule.
If rescheduling only delays dealing with the issue then don't delay.
Exactly as David states it is how I feel.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, David Blood da...@speedyquick.net
How many installers do you have in the field? Do you work with teams of two or
individuals?
We have had nearly a week of below zero weather (wind chill) and have
rescheduled numerous jobs. Our company policy states that when wind chill is
at or below 0, it is up to the installer whether
If we rescheduled every time there was snow or ice, we would never get
anything done. ;)
As I mentioned before, in 10 years of doing installs, there has only
been 1 single day we did not go out and do installs. It was -30F at the
office (without any wind) and even some of the trucks would not
To all WISPA members and interested parties,
I am writing this as a member of WISPA and as a WISP who is concerned about
the upcoming Broadband Stimulus Legislation that is moving through Congress
as I speak. I feel that it is imperative that we as a group work diligently
to lobby our
We have 7 full-time installers now, all single person. We have
real-time GPS units in each vehicle and they all have company cell
phones.
Travis
Microserv
scott.orh...@mercury.net wrote:
How many installers do you have in the field? Do you work with teams of two or individuals?
We
Glad to see it works for you. I have heard a couple other success stories
but Butch's (my Mikrotik prophet) suggestion is to use Cisco for BGP.
Cisco or ImageStream. ImageStream is cheaper and offers more
functionality (besides just BGP, I mean). Perhaps flexibility is a
better word
What kind of GPS units do you have?
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote:
We
The main advantage of Imagestream is that you get their tech support people.
When I've had problems that I thought were Imagestream related, they helped
point to the Mikrotik server that wasn't doing something right.
Cisco's support is very good as well but much more expensive than
Imagestream.
I have had quite a bit of problems with the early double digits of 3.1x on
the PowerRouter 732 (dual core CPU).
3.13 has been beautiful so far.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to
3.13 has been what we've been using as well on X86 hardware with success as
well.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Josh Luthman
j...@imaginenetworksllc.comwrote:
I have had quite a bit of problems with the early double digits of 3.1x on
the PowerRouter 732 (dual core CPU).
3.13 has been
I run the latest and greatest at home on x86.
Intel motherboard/cpu/NIC (as much as I hate Intel motherboards I have to
admit it is working quite well).
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned
You're a slavedriver!!! :)
-RickG
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote:
We installed yesterday and it was -13F at the office when everyone
showed up at 8:00AM. Got 6 installs done. :)
Travis
Microserv
Steve Barnes wrote:
Same here in Indiana. Called the
Hey this isn't a charity. We put Internet in one home and food on another!
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:23 PM,
Craig,
Obviously any donation will be appreciated. I believe some of the larger
WISPs will be willing to put in $500-$1000 towards this effort, knowing the
importance to their business. I spoke to Steve Coran a short while ago and
expressed concern over the quick pace this legislation is
We use the real-time tracking system from www.gpsfleetsolutions.com. It
costs about $400 for the equipment and then $35 per month per vehicle.
We are upgrading one of our trucks to their new "two-way" system that
includes the Garmin Nuvi 740 unit for the driver and allows two-way
communication
Hello There,
I'm looking for some basic tower climbing safety courses. I found one
online, directed by ComTrain.
http://comtrainusa.com/courses-available/certification-courses/basic-2-days-mainmenu-27
But I would like to see what else is out there.
Anyone know of similar companies/courses
From what I have been told and have read you can stop shopping. ComTrain is
the place to go.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
On Wed, Jan 28,
I think $500 for this type of representation would is reasonable.
Now I need 59 more people to agree
Question, what if three months go by and we have not gotten anywhere?
It's not hard to believe that 3 months could go by and it's realized
that we need another 3. I mean, can you get
We assess things on a case by case.
I've been on snow covered roofs before. I stay off the steep ones when it's
wet or possibly frosty or icy.
So far, we've only had a couple customers we've had to delay stuff for over
the last year or two.
cold? We got us a portable heater on a propane
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090128/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition
_5
WASHINGTON - Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on
Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to
digital television broadcasting to June 12 - leaving the current Feb. 17
Brian,
I have requested more documentation from Rini-Coran and Mercury on what
their action plan will be. I have other questions for them as well. I'm
working very hard to make sure this is the right choice for WISPA and each
of its members. We have recognized that this is a huge expense and
] Article
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090128/ap_on_hi_te/tec_digital_tv_transition
_5
WASHINGTON - Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on
Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to
digital television broadcasting to June 12 - leaving the current
I'm heading to Commtrain in Nashville at the end of Feb. Commtrain is the
standard as far as I know...
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Israel Lopez - Lists
ilopezli...@sandboxitsolutions.com wrote:
Hello There,
I'm looking for some basic tower climbing safety courses. I found one
online,
It should be noted, that Obama just got the House part through congress in
less than a week.
The next three months is the most relevent. When we'll need the help most.
Remember funds must be available by Sept 2009. Only 7 months away.
WISP's will be capable of representing WISPA, if we run out
I absolutely agree... nice to have a class taught by guys that have done a
lot of tower climbing in their time...
Daniel White
3-dB Networks
http://www.3dbnetworks.com
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html
WISPA Wants You! Join today!
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Change the default password and secure physical access to the controls.
The original article details how you can defeat the equipment even with a
changed default password.
http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/274/1/
-Original Message-
From: George Rogato
Sent: Wednesday, January 28,
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